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Mt. Rainier creates its own weather
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  • By zrim on June 10, 2004
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    • wispy clouds begin to form high on Rainier - Mount Rainier National Park
    wispy clouds begin to form
    high on Rainier
    by zrim
    The park roads will take you up past the snow line in early summer to the Paradise Visitor Center. It is a great location for hikes to view Rainier's glaciers and to see the other peaks in the Cascade Range. However, the footing can be treacherous. Probably best to wear good hiking shoes and to keep your wits about you. The weather can change instantaneously on Rainier. Mt. Rainier is massive enough that it creates its own weather systems. It can be a beautiful sunny day in neighboring Tacoma while heavy snows fall on Rainier. Each year people die on this mountain, but usually those are climbers who are up at very high altitudes on the peak. The casual visitor and hiker will not get that far up on the mountain.

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    CREVASSES
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  • By mtncorg on December 16, 2003
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    • Gaping wide crevasse on Rainier Glacier - Mount Rainier National Park
    Gaping wide crevasse on
    Rainier Glacier
    by mtncorg
    Climbing on Mt Rainier is very popular. The views en route are strenuously scenic. Besides huge crevasses - some of which can be hidden - there is further dangers from altitude and how fast it is gained, quickly changeable weather, avalanche, icefall, rockfall, freezing or searing temperatures, solar exposure - direct and indirect off the ice and snow, and other potential dangers. Many skirt around these issues by signing up with the guide services. The guides can help immensely on the mountain, but learn all you can before setting out. Be in very good physical condition and know your limits. The sport of mountaineering is a very rewarding endeavour, but it must be taken very seriously or the results can be ugly.

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    Volcano alert
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  • By goingsolo on July 7, 2004
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    • Mt Ranier is an active volcano - Mount Rainier National Park
    Mt Ranier is an active volcano
    by goingsolo
    Mount Ranier is actually an active volcano. Although it has been dormant for some time, it could erupt at any time. This concerned me, so I asked my friend Doug about it. He said not to worry, that there would be some warning before it erupted. I hoped there would be a lot of warning because it would probably be hard to race out of the path of lava and rock and, after all, we were driving a rented Ford Taurus, which doesn't race anywhere. Fortunately, the volcano didn't erupt that day and has yet to do so.

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    Climbing Mt Ranier
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  • By goingsolo on July 8, 2004
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    • Climbing Mount Ranier - Mount Rainier National Park
    Climbing Mount Ranier
    by goingsolo
    Every year, several climbers who attempt to summit Mount Ranier lose their lives in the attempt. Climbing Ranier requires technical skills that go beyond mere hiking experience. Climbers have to know those skills and be prepared for any extreme weather along the way.

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    Keep your footing
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  • By PinkFloydActuary on November 24, 2007
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    • Good times in the great outdoors - Mount Rainier National Park
    Good times in the great
    outdoors
    by PinkFloydActuary
    Well, those of you who do big time hiking are probably used to these sorts of things, but for those of us that just do some of the smaller hikes, encountering a log bridge across a raging river is a novelty. This particular one was along the Wonderland Trail en route to Carter Falls. Not a big deal since it has a railing, but I didn't have the family with me this time. I guess I'll categorize this picture under "architecture."

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    treat the water, drink the water
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  • By richiecdisc on November 4, 2009
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    • D walks on water at Shriner Camp - Mount Rainier National Park
    D walks on water at Shriner
    Camp
    by richiecdisc
    When traveling in Mount Rainier's backcountry, you must treat all water sources before drinking it. This can be done chemically, by boiling or with a filter. Of course, this is if there is a water source. When all our our chosen backcountry routes turned out to be closed due to late snow melt, we went with ranger's suggestion of camping on Shriner Peak. This turned out to be a great choice except there was no spring near the campground. The last water is a mile back down the trail and that's a little too much work for the average person. Luckily, there was still quite a bit of snow in the campground. All we had to do was melt it. We boiled up some to make dinner and we thought we had enough to drink but it turned out I really underestimated how much we needed to drink at that elevation, especially after the hot exposed hike up there. In the middle of the night, Doreen got a really bad headache and I had to fetch aspirins from the bear pole, not much fun in the dark.

    Always drink plenty of water when at altitude especially when exerting yourself. It's better to have too much than too little so treat or melt what you need before you call it a night.

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    Feeding wildlife
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  • By goingsolo on July 8, 2004
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    • Deer near Longmire Parking Lot - Mount Rainier National Park
    Deer near Longmire Parking Lot
    by goingsolo
    Wildlife in the park are remarkably accustomed to people. The deer and chipmunks are, at least. We were only a few feet away in a car and that didn't seem to faze this deer. But even though they appear tame, these are still wild animals. Do not feed or approach them.

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